Sudden cardiac death
Conditions
Interventions
control:none
Audio-visual:The Audio-visual (A-V) group took home an instruction-DVD and were reinforced by telephone-call every 3 months
Sponsors
School of Nursing Capital Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients were considered eligible for the study if they were diagnosed as coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, fatal arrhythmia, hereditary heart disease (such as: L-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome), hypertrophy cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, heart failure and other heart diseases; and had at least one adult family member residing in the same household.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Family members were excluded if they had a physical or mental disability that might affect performance of CPR or if they had taken a CPR class within the preceding 2 years. Moreover, families were excluded if their overall performances or CPR-related knowledge was classified as inadequate. Patients and family members were also excluded if either were younger than 18 years or were health care providers(ie doctor, nurse and paramedic).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| CPR performance;CPR performanc; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| score of CPR skill; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWu Ying
Outcome results
None listed